Dark Chapter (by Winnie M Li)

I had not heard of Winnie M Li, who is a Taiwanese American writer. I very much doubt if I would have read her novel ‘Dark Chapter’, had it not been this month’s assigned read for our local book group. Even then I nearly gave up a couple of times while reading it - it’s not my kind of book at all, and in places is quite traumatic. 

I read the book on my Kindle, as that was the best value when I searched two or three online bookshops - and I don’t regret that, as it’s not a book I would lend or r...